Physical & Emotional Abuse Support Group

Abuse is a general term for the treatment of someone that causes some kind of harm (to the abused person, to the abusers themselves, or to someone else) that is unlawful or wrongful. No one deserves abuse, period. Abuse can be emotional, physical, or sexual.

So many of us driven into therapy

I just wanted to make a comment. After reading many journals etc. in this group (including my own) it makes me so angry how so many of these abusive men are driving us into therapy. The therapists out there must be making a killing off of us because there are so many abusive @#$&%^@'s out there! It baffles my mind how commen this problem is. The most ironic part of it all is that they are the ones who truly need the "therapy". Yet here we are, trying to pick up the pieces of our damaged souls going into therapy while they live their lives thinking that we are the ones with the problem!

Yes, it's so true. I feel like such &quot;damaged-goods&quot; a lot in my life, b/c well, I truly am, sexually-abused starting at around 2 by a family-member on and off for years.
My Dad (didn't sexually-abuse me) was angry A LOT while I was growing-up, chasing me with wooden-spoons, hit me with a huge board on the arms while &quot;Mom&quot; stood-by and cried but that was it. Put-me down, nothing was (and is) ever good-enough, even though my Brother's and I are college-degreed, etc. One of my Brother's is making 6 figure's as a Oil-Executive, travelling the world, speaks 9 languages, etc. and yesterday he told me that the don't think HE'S good-enough, now the complaint (after he's reached all the goals they set-out/expected him to do) is that &quot;You're working too hard&quot; and not in a kind, caring way. I could write a novel. Sorry this is so long. But SO many times I find myself thinking, &quot;Am I bi-polar? Do I need meds? What's WRONG with me???!!!&quot; I need counseling and probably meds. but have no insurance. Aaargh!

That is too true. I did the therapy and now the meds, and funny as long as I stay around this a-h not all the therapy or meds in the world are helping. He needs to be therapized in a locked facility somewhere where they withhold food preferably LOL

I hope that you are not looking at therapy as a bad thing. I am not a therapist, but I have benefitted greatly from it. Without having been abused, I might never have gotten there and there are so many issues I have worked out in my therapist's office - not just the ones related to abuse.

Did you know that most psychiatrists and therapists also have therapists? Any time you are in a stressful job or dealing with people's hurts like a therapist will, it takes a toll on you. Doctors, nurses and other health care professionals often see therapists to help work through the trauma of one of their patients.

Therapy, as a whole, is something that most people could benefit from at least once in their lives, because all of us go through difficult life issues and could use help in sorting those out.

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